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This resource is about finding and recognizing OER. How to search for Open Educational Resources (OER)?Which material to use for my OER?How to attribute open material using the TASLL rule?Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) by ZHAW, University Library (17 October 2022).

The resources listed in this guide cover the most urgent needs such as: Food, ACA(ObamaCare) signup, Unemployment Insurance, Utility Assistance & Eviction Assistance. This guide is organized by category and each related page provides a description of the resource listed. Please note: this guide is not an exhaustive list of all of the resources available that serve the Portland area.

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This article describes energy efficiency as it relates to home and school energy use and provides ways that children can help.

This article provides an overview of Tapped In, a web-based learning environment for educators and professional development providers.

Teaching and Learning Iowa History represents a unique way for community members, teachers, and university students to join in the same learning experience with similar goals and curiosities. Whoever you are, we're glad you're here! 

Student teams investigate the migration of small-particle plastic pollution by exposing invertebrates found in water samples from a local lake or river to fluorescent bead fragments in a controlled environment of their own designs. Students begin by reviewing the composition of food webs and considering the ethics of studies on live organisms. In their model microcosms, they set up a food web so as to trace the microbead migration from one invertebrate species to another. Students use blacklights and microscopes to observe and quantify their experimental results. They develop diagrams that explain their investigations—modeling the ecological impacts of microplastics.

This free, standards-based website developed for elementary teachers provides hand-picked, reviewed, on-line resources to enhance teacher content knowledge regarding reasons for the seasons.

Video Case Studies in Ethics and Business Ethics
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Pace University

In this design challenge, students learn about the Vikings from an engineering point-of-view. While investigating the history and anatomy of Viking ships, they learn how engineering solutions are shaped by the surrounding environment and availability of resources. Students apply this knowledge to design, build and test their own model Viking ships.

This blog offers a wealth of realia (realia is real life material meant to be used to aid language study in classroom situations). It has an index on the right hand side that will take the viewer to relevant selections in the blog's archive. Many of the archived items are images, but there are also videos, children's books, news media, and other items. Some of the links, especially the video links, are no longer functional.

Why do we exchange things? In this video, Professor Michael Munger of Duke University explains that exchange helps correct mistakes in the allocation of resources and makes everyone involved happier.